On early Saturday morning multiple people called in to the Alaska State Troopers to report a vehicle roll-over with the driver ejected from the vehicle at mile 195 of the Parks Highway. Troopers responded after receiving the reports shortly before 2 am. When a Cantwell-based trooper reached the scene, he found the driver, who was […]
The small community of Noatak awoke to a series of earthquakes originating in the Brooks Range on Monday morning. The first quake occurred at 3:38 am measuring a magnitude 3.1, it was generated at a depth of 10.6 miles 25 miles east of Noatak. A second quake occurred 22 minutes later at 4 am. This one […]
Three hours after troopers responded to a report of a dead woman, later identified as 56-year-old Gitte Stryhn, in the ditch alonG Coal Road off of the Healy Spur Road this morning, troopers located the suspect vehicle involved in the crime. Stryhn was struck by a vehicle early Thursday morning while bicycling to work at the Kantishna […]
Sitka Police received a report of a nuisance Brown Bear at a home in Halibut Point on Tuesday. Police, ADF&G, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene. Their investigation found that the bear had damaged the property as it tried to gain access to the inside of the home through a window. Further investigation […]